Louisiana has the highest gun-murder rate in the country. Yet state lawmakers have pushed an aggressive campaign to loosen the state’s already lax gun laws. A coalition of Republicans and white Democrats has banded together to fight gun control efforts of a small minority of mostly black legislatorsFull story
Kim Russell, national field director of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, and actress Barbara Barrie, who also works with the group, talk with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin on Mother’s Day about their efforts to stop gun violence.
Martin Bashir celebrates Mother’s Day by introducing you to his mother – and asking those who resist even the most basic of gun control measures to remember mothers, including at Sandy Hook, who have lost their children to gun violence.
Georgetown University's Michael Eric Dyson, MSNBC host Ari Melber, Republican Consultant Katon Dawson, and Brady Campaign President Dan Gross discuss the impact of the Senate vote against universal background checks for gun purchases.
Lori Haas, whose daughter was injured at the 2007 VA Tech shooting, talks to guest host Karen Finney about what it’s like for Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to call her a “prop” for gun control; and Milwaukee Police Chief fact checks Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, after the Texas senator called out Chief Flynn dur
A Newtown father speaks on reducing gun violence.
Chris Hayes talks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and the mother of one of the victims of the Virgina Tech shooting about Wednesday’s filibuster of the Manchin-Toomey background check amendement--an amendment that was supported by 90% of the American public.
Alex Wagner and the NOW panelists discuss the diminishing prospects for a gun reform bill to make it through both houses of Congress.
ATTENTION EDITORS: 26 PICTURES FOR PACKAGE 'GUN CULTURE - BRAZIL' WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THIS ADVISORYSEARCH 'BRAZIL GUN' FOR ALL IMAGESPhotographer Lunae Parracho travelled to Salvador, one of Brazil's main tourist destinations and a 2014 World Cup host city, that has suffered from an unprecede
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks alongside with Vice President Joe Biden and family members of Newtown victims on commonsense measures to reduce gun violence in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on commonsense measures to reduce gun violence in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW)
